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When the lights dimmed and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) took the stage, Sanders Theatre was filled to the brim with a massive well-dressed crowd. The concert opened with Stravinsky??s “Symphonies of Wind Instruments” written in late 1920 based on a group of piano pieces composed earlier that year in honor of Impressionist composer Claude Debussy...
Because the piece only called for winds, the only players on stage were tucked away in the back corners of the stage behind a throng of chairs intended for the strings. This bizarre stage arrangement added to the sense of distance and otherworldliness present in Stravinsky??s composition...
...public in honor of BachSoc’s 50th anniversary. The program will consist of Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” Harbison’s “The Most Often Used Chords,” and Stravinsky??s “Pulcinella.” Since the 1954-55 school year, the Bach Society has been Harvard’s premiere chamber orchestra, specializing in chamber music and mid-sized symphonies, and popular for their annual campus Concerto and Composition Contests. Slatkin will be under...
This confidence shone throughout Buswell’s chamber music recital at NEC’s Jordan Hall last Sunday night, which I and many other of his students attended. His ambitious and eclectic program, which included Stravinsky??s tongue-in-cheek Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano, Mendelssohn’s angst-ridden Piano Trio in C-Minor, Enesco’s Sonata No. 2, and Beethoven’s fiery Sonata No. 7, never showed a hint of musical timidity. Buswell first chose the Enesco, a lesser-known piece, and later added the other three works...
World renowned Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will be presenting Ravel, Gershwin, and Stravinsky for the Harvard Community. Specifically Ravel’s La Valse, Gershwin’s Concerto in F, with Kevin Cole on piano, and Stravinsky??s Petrushka are to be performed. Ticket holders will be treated to a private discussion with conductor Benjamin Zander before the show at 1:45 p.m. Tickets $69, $53, $39 and $26, subject to discounts, available online. 3 p.m. Sanders Theater...